# time() built-in

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
Sun, 23 Jun 1996 00:26:43 PDT

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    > H. Peter Anvin wrote:
    >
    > True, but originally, it returned a list, {seconds, microseconds},
    > so I called it us_time.  When floats were introduced, I changed its
    > return type.
    >

    That's as good of a reason as any to also change the name, since the
    function now has a completely different interface.  Just nitpicking,
    really, but it is definitely "cleaner".  I am also thrilled to see
    floats actually getting used!  :-)

    	-hpa

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